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Special to Atmore News Escambia County Health Care Authority (ECHCA) officials announced this week that, at this time, the authority will not require employees to get COVID vaccinations as a condition of employment.“We strongly encourage all employees to get the vaccine, but at this point in time we are not making it mandatory,” ECHCA CEO Jeff Booth said in a press release.The no-shot-required decision comes after a number of large…

By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education recently approved a measure that will allow the county’s volunteer fire departments to make use of the communications towers located at several county schools.The memorandum of aid (MOA) between the BOE and the Escambia County Alabama Association of Volunteer Fire Departments will allow volunteers to remain in contact with other public safety agencies when emergency responders are dispatched to…

BOE, McClung swap offers, counteroffers McClung By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer The Escambia County Board of Education and superintendent-selectee Michele M. McClung have swapped offers and counter offers this week as negotiations continued to determine whether McClung would be the replacement for current Superintendent of Education John Knott, whose extended contract expires August 31.BOE Chair Cindy Jackson said she hoped that the board and McClung who has served as director…

Carter Bowman By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer An Atmore man and woman were arrested on felony drug charges last Thursday, August 5, after police responded to reports of an ongoing argument in the yard of an East Horner Street residence.The verbal combatants — Dewitt Champ Carter, 25, of Atmore, and Anna Leigh Bowman, 20, of Bay Minette — were arrested after police spotted unspecified quantities of Spice and methamphetamine in…

McGhee Brooks By DON FLETCHERNews Staff Writer Atmore Police Chief Chuck Brooks said this week that his agency’s recent spate of felony drug arrests is not the result of some recently launched crackdown on those who buy, sell and possess substances controlled under law. Neither has it anything to do with cases that were made when the COVID-19 pandemic kept the county jail closed to non-violent criminals.“These are all current…